netdev - Re: [PATCH net-next] net/mlx4: clean up a type issue

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Date: Mon, 24 Jul 2023 22:42:20 -0700
From: Randy Dunlap <rdunlap@...radead.org>
To: Dan Carpenter <dan.carpenter@...aro.org>, Tariq Toukan <tariqt@...dia.com>
Cc: "David S. Miller" <davem@...emloft.net>,
 Eric Dumazet <edumazet@...gle.com>, Jakub Kicinski <kuba@...nel.org>,
 Paolo Abeni <pabeni@...hat.com>, netdev@...r.kernel.org,
 linux-rdma@...r.kernel.org, kernel-janitors@...r.kernel.org
Subject: Re: [PATCH net-next] net/mlx4: clean up a type issue

Hi Dan,

On 7/24/23 22:39, Dan Carpenter wrote:
> These functions returns type bool, not pointers, so return false instead
> of NULL.
> 
> Signed-off-by: Dan Carpenter <dan.carpenter@...aro.org>

LGTM. Thanks.
Reviewed-by: Randy Dunlap <rdunlap@...radead.org>

> ---
> Not a bug.  Targetting net-next.
> 
>  drivers/net/ethernet/mellanox/mlx4/mcg.c | 4 ++--
>  1 file changed, 2 insertions(+), 2 deletions(-)
> 
> diff --git a/drivers/net/ethernet/mellanox/mlx4/mcg.c b/drivers/net/ethernet/mellanox/mlx4/mcg.c
> index f1716a83a4d3..24d0c7c46878 100644
> --- a/drivers/net/ethernet/mellanox/mlx4/mcg.c
> +++ b/drivers/net/ethernet/mellanox/mlx4/mcg.c
> @@ -294,7 +294,7 @@ static bool check_duplicate_entry(struct mlx4_dev *dev, u8 port,
>  	struct mlx4_promisc_qp *dqp, *tmp_dqp;
>  
>  	if (port < 1 || port > dev->caps.num_ports)
> -		return NULL;
> +		return false;
>  
>  	s_steer = &mlx4_priv(dev)->steer[port - 1];
>  
> @@ -375,7 +375,7 @@ static bool can_remove_steering_entry(struct mlx4_dev *dev, u8 port,
>  	bool ret = false;
>  
>  	if (port < 1 || port > dev->caps.num_ports)
> -		return NULL;
> +		return false;
>  
>  	s_steer = &mlx4_priv(dev)->steer[port - 1];
>  

-- 
~Randy